Rockwell International S-2R
N4990X is a Rockwell International S-2R, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with turboprop engines, built in 1975. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Bryan, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on January 16, 2004 and expires on July 31, 2029. It holds a restricted airworthiness certificate for agriculture and pest control, dated November 29, 1979.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Rockwell International
- Model
- S-2R · all S-2Rs and related versions
- Built of
- steel tube and aluminiumA welded steel-tube frame carries the loads, with aluminium (and some fibreglass) skins over it. The Thrush crop sprayer: steel-tube fuselage under aluminium skins. This is how the Rockwell International S-2 family is built; the FAA does not record construction for each aircraft, and the type certificate data sheet is the authority for this one.
- Serial number
- 5035R
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engineFAA type of aircraft code 4 (the FAA's broad category for the airframe). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Power
- TurbopropFAA type of engine code 2 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes, 1 motor · Wright C7BA SERIES · 800 hp
- Seats
- 1
- Year built
- 1975
- Cruising speed
- 82 mph
- Transponder code
- A633F5 (octal 51431765)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- January 16, 2004
- Expires
- July 31, 2029
- Last FAA action
- August 18, 2023
- Airworthiness
- RestrictedFAA airworthiness class code 3 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · Agriculture and pest controlFAA certificate purpose code 1 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · November 29, 1979
- FAA region
- SouthwesternFAA region code 2 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00310795
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Simpson Don DBA
- Type
- IndividualFAA type of owner code 1 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Address
- 5344 Fm 50
Bryan, TX 77807-6512 - Co-owners
- Brazos Valley Flying Srv
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N4990X links to the rest of the register
- Rockwell International S-2 98 registered
- Rockwell International 657 aircraft on the register
- Built of steel tube and aluminium · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Wright C7BA series 25 aircraft with this engine series · 800 hp
- Bryan, TX 86 aircraft registered in this town
- Coulter Field · CFD
- Texas 29,945 aircraft registered
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The public federal record on N4990X, read the way a buyer, lender or insurer reads it: FAA registration, prior tail numbers keyed on the serial number, reuse of the tail number, recent registry filings, and the NTSB accident record under this and every earlier registration.
Valid registration to Simpson Don DBA, an individual, certificate issued January 16, 2004, expires July 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated November 29, 1979, 4 years after the 1975 manufacture year. A re-issued certificate commonly follows export and re-import, a rebuild, or a return to the register after cancellation. The cause is documented in the FAA aircraft records file, which the full report obtains. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 5035R for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N4990X according to the deregistered file. [2]
No bills of sale, loans or releases have reached the registry in recent weeks. The index covers only recent filings; older liens are in the records file. [3]
1 NTSB record under N4990X: Accident on May 20, 2026 at Gause, TX: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
These live in the FAA aircraft records file (every document ever filed against the aircraft) and, for larger aircraft, the International Registry. Part of the full report.
AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.
NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Rockwell International S-2R · operated under 137
The loss of engine power due to fuel starvation. Contributing to the accident was the separated wing fuel tank screen and sealant debris in the fuel tank.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 30, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 30, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 30, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through October 28, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
This automated check reads the public federal record. Nothing here is a legal opinion, an appraisal or a statement about the aircraft's condition; a CLEAR line is a statement about the searched record, not the aircraft.
Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 30, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data